Lungsickness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A contagious bovine pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma mycoides. archaic, uncountable

    "Lungsickness is still bad at the farm Coleford; 22 heade of cattle have died up to date."

Example

More examples

"Lungsickness is still bad at the farm Coleford; 22 heade of cattle have died up to date."

Etymology

From lung + sickness.

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